Wheeled rake



1. A. BURKE. WHEELED RAKE. APPLICATION mw sim. la. |919.

1,331,317. Patented Feb. 17,1920.

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J. A. BURKE. WHEELED RAKE.

l APPL'CA'HON fILED SEPT. I9, l9|9 i 1,331,317. Patented Feb. 17.1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE ALFRED BURKE, OF GLASGOW, KENTUCKY.

WHEELED BAKE.

Application filed September l, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jessi; Anrnnn BURKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glasgow, in the county of Barren State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Wheeled Rake; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap ertains to make and use the same.

,he invention relates to wheeled rakes and has for its object to provide a rake of this character wherein, the toothed bar thereof may be adjusted inwardl1 or outwardly thereby allowing the raking of a Wide arca, also allowing the toothed bars to be adjusted inwardly so that their total width will be less than the width of the wheeled rakeV frame, thereby allowing the rake` as a whole to pass through a narrow gate. is not lthe ease with, wheeled Ikee ne et present eenstrneted, Whereln the toothed larsjextend outwardly beyond the wheels, t erehy makingl the rake too wide te' aes. through e narrow :ter-in sete farther. ebieet 11e te, prende a Wheeled lieke hnvlgf'. i nir 0i transversely nilned toothedbarsdslidldbly mounted in guides carried by the frame and` to provide means whereby said 'toothed bars may be easily and quickly adjusted outwardly, also to provide a toothed bar centrally of the frame so that the space between Vthe inner adjacent end` of the slidable bars will be covered by a raking element. e i( With the above and ol ller olgieetlslA in view the invention comprises urtherfe'atures and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the rake.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the guido bar for the slidable toothed bars.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of ono ol the slidahlf1 toothed ha rs.

Referring to the drawings` the numeral l designates a rectangular frame and 2 a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

serial No. 324,880.

holsterV to which said frame l is secured. Said bolster haring rotatably mounted thereon conventional form wheels 3, for supporting the frame spaced from the ground when said rake as a whole is moved forwardly by draft'aniinals which may be connected in any suitable manner to tongue 4. Extending transverselyI of the frame 1 at the rear end thereof is a u ide bar 5, the ends of which are secure to the side rails of the frame as at 6. Guide bar 5 is provided with a transversely disposed T"- shaped -slot 7, in which Jfl-shaped slot, T-shaped members 8 of the slidable toothed bars"9 are ada ted to slide transversely. Toothed bars 9 ave secured thereto series of spring teeth 10, which spring teeth extendlrearwardly and curveiorwardlv and form'me Forraking hay and the lilie. t

Enten. ing transverse! 0f' the freinei 1 and substantially abovetlie axleis 'a bar 141, Seid berjhnvins' riveted therete as et 12, levers 13,` the rear end qt saidlevers being provided with elongated s'lots' which `receive studs 145 carried by the sli able'toothed barsA 9. The' forward ends of .'leversll?) extend through slee-16, m vatican de posed leversl?, said levers beirf'ivoted to brackets carried by the frame! slatlS and Iney be adjusted te iraniens. Pnetiens. and, held nsnid positions by Ine. ne of e Pawl and rack'19. It will be seen t ,atby inoving the forward ends ofthe leversg 13, outwardly that the toothed bars 9 will A be moved inwardly toward each other tlierely allowing the raking of a smaller. area or a lowing the rake Vasa whole to easily `pas`sthrongh a gate. However, when it is desired t0 rake a wide area the levers are moved toward each other at their forward end, which movement will canse the toothed bar to move outwardly and by means of the pawls and racks 19 they may be maintained in any position to which they have been adjusted. It will be noted that as the inner adjacent ends of the toothed bars 9 move outwardly away from each other that a space would be left between said ends. To cover this particular space and prevent the leaving of a portion of the ground unraked, an auxiliary toothed ha r 20 is provided: this bar is disposed under theslidable bars9and is provided With rearwardly, downwardl)7 and forwardly extending teeth 21. Toothed bar Q0 is rockably mounted on a transversely disposed rod which passes longitudinally tir) through the same and has its ends secured in any suitable manner in the side rails oi the frame l. The bar is pivotally mounted so that the teeth and 21 may be adjusted relative to each other duringl the raking op eration by means of the lever 23, which is pivoted as at Qt to the bolster 2 of the frame. Lever has pivoted thereto as at 25, one end of a connecting rod 2G, the other end of said rod being pivotally secured as at 27 in an elongated slot Q8 of an arm 29 earried by the rockable toothed bar 20. 1t will be seen that as the lever 23 is forced downwardly at its upper end that the connecting '1. bar 26 will cause the arm 29 to move forwardly thereby rocking the toothed bar 20 in such a manner as to bring the lower ends 30 of the spring teeth 21 upwardly, thereby adjusting the ends of the teeth in relation to the ends of the teeth l0. Roekable toothed bar 20 is returned to normal position by means of spring arms 31, which engage the under face thereof and are adapted to be sprung downwardly by the corners of the bar 20. Spring arms 31 are secured in the bolster 2 as at 33.

From the above it will be seen that a wheeled rake is provided which may be adjusted inwardly and outwardly so that said rake will easily pass through an ordinary gate, and also one wherein the width of ralin ing surface may beadjusted to the needs and wants of the operator.

The invention having been set forth what is elaimedas new and useful is :f-

l. A. rake comprising a frame, said frame being supported on wheels, the rear end of the frame ybeing provided with a transversely disposed guide bar, said guide bar being provided with a T-sha ed slot, slidable toothed bars havin T-s aped iianges slidably mounted in sait T-shaped slot of the guide bar, levers pivoted on the frame and having their rear ends slidabl connected to the slidable toothed bars, w ereby said bars may be adjusted outwardly or inwardly as desired, means whereby the forward ends of the levers may be maintained in different adjusted positions, and a seeond toothed bar disposed below the slidable toothed bars and adapted to rake the ground between the adjacent edges of the slidable toothed bars when said slidable toothed bars have been adjusted outwardly.

A rake comprising a trame, said frame being supported ou wheels, the rear end of the frame being provided with a transversely disposed guide bar, said guide bar being provided with a T-sha ed slot, slidable toothed bars having T-silaped flanges, slidablv mounted in said T-sha )ed siot ofthe guide bar, levers pivoted on t e frame and having their rear ends slidably connected to the slidable toothed bars, whereby said bars may be adjusted outwardly or inwardl as desired, means whereby the forward en s of the levers maybe maintained in different adjusted positions, a seoond toothed bar disposed below the slidable toothed bars and adapted to rake the ground between the adjacent ends of the slidable toothed bars when said slidable toothed bars have been adjusted outwardly, said second toothed bar being rockably mounted thereby allowing the adjustment of its teeth into transverse alinement with the teeth ofthe slidable toothed bars, lever means whereby said rockable toothed bar may be rocked as desired and springs carried by the bolster of the frame and engagin under the lower face of the roekable toot ed bar for returning said rockable toothed bar to normal po sition when its lever controlled means is released. j

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE ALFRED BURKE.

Witnesses:

B. G. ELLIS, MORRIS Bo'x'rs. 

